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Growth Hormone Excess - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Acromegaly and gigantism share the same pathophysiology
clinical findings • Acromegaly ... plate fusion -> acromegaly ... rare causes of acromegaly ... • Bitemporal hemianopsia
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Acromegaly - Diagnosis ... : • Classic Acromegaly ... Vision Δs (bitemp hemianopia ... resistance pseudo-acromegaly ... thakre_anuj) #Acromegaly
Visual Field Pathways and Deficits
1 Total blindness of right eye due to complete lesion of right
nerve 2 Bipolar hemianopia ... 3 Right nasal hemianopia ... Left homonymous hemianopia ... Left homonymous hemianopia ... #Hemianopia #Diagnosis
Visual Pathway Neural Lesions
A) Optic Nerve → Left Anopia
B) Optic Chiasm → Bitemporal Hemianopia
C) Lateral Geniculate
Chiasm → Bitemporal Hemianopia ... Left Homonymous Hemianopia
Neuro-OphthaImoIogy - Visual Field Defects - Localization Map
 - Optic Nerve Lesion (Monocular vision loss)
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Lesion (bitemporal hemianopia ... Inferior homonymous hemianopia ... right homonymous hemianopia
#ACROMEGALY #management #algorithm #treatment
#ACROMEGALY #management
Acromegaly 
Caused by over-secretion of growth hormone (GH) from the pituitary gland. 
The condition is rare
Acromegaly Caused ... #Acromegaly #Signs
Bilateral Acute Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Complete/ Partial Homonymous Hemianopia
 • Infarct
 • Intracranial Hemorrhage
Partial Homonymous Hemianopia
Hirsutism - Differential Diagnosis
Defined as excessive dark, coarse, male-pattern hair growth
Hirsutism causes in premenopausal women:
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Cushing's Syndrome, Acromegaly ... Cushing's Syndrome, Acromegaly
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasias (MEN syndromes) 

MEN I
• Hyperparathyroidism 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Possible ZE syndrome 
• Various
Pituitary path • Acromegaly